Federal Efforts to Expand Buprenorphine Access Signal Shift in Opioid Addiction Treatment

Federal policymakers have spent years dismantling barriers that once limited access to buprenorphine, a medication widely recognized as a gold-standard treatment for opioid use disorder. While recent legislative reforms have drawn attention, the effort to expand access began earlier — including a pivotal policy shift announced during the Biden administration that aimed to make opioid […]